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cycfan
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 Posted - 06/24/2011 : 7:28:27 PM
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| I haven't seen any threads about this, but wanted to make sure everyone knew that former Cyclone captain Don Biggs son is projected to go in the first round of tonight's NHL draft in St. Paul |
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Donnie Hockey
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 8:49:22 PM
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| Cyclones, not Cyclone, Rick. |
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bags
(Person With Nothing Better To Do!)
USA
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 9:12:20 PM
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Originally posted by cycfan
I haven't seen any threads about this, but wanted to make sure everyone knew that former Cyclone captain Don Biggs son is projected to go in the first round of tonight's NHL draft in St. Paul
Thanks for the update. |
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Donnie Hockey
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:13:01 PM
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| Tyler was selected by Toronto in the first round, 22nd overall. The Leafs made a trade up to get him. |
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cycfan
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:13:18 PM
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| Toronto just traded up to Anaheim's 22nd overall pick and selected Tyler Biggs. Tyler's favorite team is the Leafs so this should be a dream come true for him! |
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cycfan
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:23:51 PM
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Btw, Don I respectfully disagree with your first comment. I believe the team as a whole are the Cyclones, but an individual member of the team would be a Cyclone, singular.
The Enquirer refers to former "Red" (singular) Lenny Harris in this story about Barry Larkin:
http://reds.enquirer.com/2001/04/21/red_reds_9_mets_5.html
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Donnie Hockey
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:30:57 PM
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Originally posted by cycfan
Btw, Don I respectfully disagree with your first comment. I believe the team as a whole are the Cyclones, but an individual member of the team would be a Cyclone, singular.
The Enquirer refers to former "Red" (singular) Lenny Harris in this story about Barry Larkin:
http://reds.enquirer.com/2001/04/21/red_reds_9_mets_5.html
You're welcome to disagree. Wouldn't be the first time you were wrong about something. |
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cycfan
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:35:24 PM
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| Would seem the local newspaper would agree with me though, and fortunately for me, I'm correct a whole lot more than I'm wrong. |
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bags
(Person With Nothing Better To Do!)
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:42:24 PM
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Originally posted by cycfan
Toronto just traded up to Anaheim's 22nd overall pick and selected Tyler Biggs. Tyler's favorite team is the Leafs so this should be a dream come true for him!
I was kinda hoping one of our affiliates could have got him. Anyhow
if he starts out in the ECHL he will be with Reading. |
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Donnie Hockey
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:43:02 PM
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Originally posted by cycfan
Would seem the local newspaper would agree with me though, and fortunately for me, I'm correct a whole lot more than I'm wrong.
You can always tell a Cyclones fan, but you cannot tell them much. |
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Donnie Hockey
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USA
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:46:52 PM
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Originally posted by bags
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Originally posted by cycfan
Toronto just traded up to Anaheim's 22nd overall pick and selected Tyler Biggs. Tyler's favorite team is the Leafs so this should be a dream come true for him!
I was kinda hoping one of our affiliates could have got him. Anyhow
if he starts out in the ECHL he will be with Reading.
He won't begin his pro career in the ECHL. When he's done playing in the CCHA at Miami, he'll be in the AHL if he's not ready for the NHL. |
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cycfan
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:53:34 PM
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Originally posted by Donnie Hockey
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Originally posted by cycfan
Would seem the local newspaper would agree with me though, and fortunately for me, I'm correct a whole lot more than I'm wrong.
You can always tell a Cyclones fan, but you cannot tell them much.
Yawn!! Is that really the ancient, tired, worn-out phrase well you're going to drop a bucket in? |
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cycfan
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:59:14 PM
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| Bags, don't expect to see many first round draft picks playing in the ECHL. They'll usually play Division 1, Junior A, or in the AHL. The E will generally only see projects or sometimes a goalie prospect, but rarely anyone from the first two rounds. |
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Donnie Hockey
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Posted - 06/24/2011 : 11:58:38 PM
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Originally posted by cycfan
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Originally posted by Donnie Hockey
You can always tell a Cyclones fan, but you cannot tell them much.
Yawn!! Is that really the ancient, tired, worn-out phrase well you're going to drop a bucket in?
It's a timeless phrase. |
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Edited by - Donnie Hockey on 06/25/2011 12:00:22 AM |
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bags
(Person With Nothing Better To Do!)
USA
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Posted - 06/25/2011 : 08:12:20 AM
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Originally posted by cycfan
Bags, don't expect to see many first round draft picks playing in the ECHL. They'll usually play Division 1, Junior A, or in the AHL. The E will generally only see projects or sometimes a goalie prospect, but rarely anyone from the first two rounds.
Did someone leave a window open, you want to talk hockey and I keep
hearing a draft (or is it hot air) in the background  !
The point you bring up on 1st round picks could possibly be the main
problem to so many failures. If the ECHL level was to concentrate on
playing the game correctly, maybe some of these 1st rounders would
benefit from a couple of learning rounds in the "E" and then could
use the "A" to be ready for the NHL level. If Tyler is ready for the AHL
then that's great. But maybe a year of solid play at the ECHL level
would skip a year of struggling at the AHL level and over trying. |
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cycfan
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 06/25/2011 : 08:25:55 AM
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Oh, did you notice those hot air gusts too??? ;)
I think you have a point, but I also think the NHL brass doesn't see the competition in the E as legitimate enough for top prospects, and they see the AHL as the learning ground for the players. The expectation is that if the player is good enough to get first round money, they should be polished enough to figure the AHL pretty quickly, and be more challenged by the higher level of competition.
Can you imagine someone like Sydney Crosby spending a year in the AHL, much less the ECHL? |
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